Whittlesea  | |
|---|---|
 Looking west from platform 2 towards platform 1 and the level crossing | |
| General information | |
| Location | Whittlesey, Fenland England |
| Coordinates | 52°32′57″N 0°07′06″W / 52.5493°N 0.1184°W |
| Grid reference | TL277963 |
| Managed by | Greater Anglia |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | WLE |
| Classification | DfT category F2 |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 |  31,986 |
| 2019/20 |  35,230 |
| 2020/21 | 8,026 |
| 2021/22 | 26,436 |
| 2022/23 | 33,738 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Whittlesea railway station is on the Ely–Peterborough line in the East of England and serves the market town of Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. Whittlesea is an older and alternative spelling of the town's name.[citation needed]
It is located in between March and Peterborough stations, 94 miles 60 chains (152.5 km) away from London Liverpool Street via Ely.
All of the original station buildings have long since been demolished and only the two staggered platforms remain. Unlike most level crossings, the gates at Whittlesea station are still opened and closed manually by a member of railway staff, who is based in the adjacent crossing keeper's hut.
On 14 September 1968, Flying Scotsman stopped at the station twice to have its tenders refilled with water. The locomotive was chartering The Chesterfield Flyer from Ipswich to Chesterfield, via Norwich.[1]
